Smoke Ring BBQ

07/13/2026

Holy Smokes time is flying by, July your keeping us busy, A Concerts, 3 day Block Party and a Beer garden this week. Visit us at one of these great locations and come get your BBQ fix!!

07/12/2026

Winger's Block Party in Oconomowoc is going! Party Anthem playing till 5. Stop by for dinner.

07/11/2026

Who else is ready for the Delafield Block Party? July 16th, 17th, and 18th - 3 days of live music, good food, and great times. See you all there!!

07/11/2026

Sunday from 11 to 5 join us at Wingers Block Party in Oconomowoc. Come get your eat on like this guy !!

07/10/2026

Catch us on Saturday from 1 to 8 at the Franksville Craft Beer Garden. Come out and enjoy the weather and grab some awesome BBQ!!

07/09/2026

Don't let the small businesses you love so much close there doors. Help keep small business alive !!

🇺🇸 A thought from a small restaurant owner...

This isn't a sales pitch. It's an observation.

There have been evenings when we've had almost no customers for dinner. We close at 6:00, and as I'm driving the trailer back to headquarters, I'll pass drive-thrus with 20 or 30 cars waiting in line at Culver's, Chick-fil-A, McDonald's, Taco Bell, or Burger King.

Every single time I ask myself...

How did we get here?

How did America become a place where people will wait 20 minutes in a drive-thru for frozen, mass-produced, preservative filled food, but won't spend the same amount of time supporting a local restaurant serving fresh food cooked from scratch?

Yes, our food costs more. Real brisket, fresh pork, chicken, ribs, and homemade sides aren't cheap. Quality ingredients never are.

But I don't think price is the whole story.

Over the years, convenience has become one of the biggest factors in how we choose where to eat. Many of us would rather stay in the car than park, walk inside, and order a meal. It's quick, it's easy, and we've all gotten used to it.

What's even more surprising to me is seeing kids grow up believing a Taco Bell taco tastes better than one from a family-owned Mexican restaurant, or that a frozen burger from a national chain is better than one cooked fresh by a local business.

That's probably not because the food is better. It's because that's what many people have grown up with. Familiar often wins.

Meanwhile, the restaurants disappearing from our communities aren't the billion-dollar chains. They're the family-owned diners, neighborhood BBQ joints, mom-and-pop pizza places, and local Mexican restaurants. The people who sponsor youth sports, donate to school fundraisers, support local charities, and actually know many of their customers by name.

Once they're gone...they're gone.

The big chains won't replace that sense of community. They'll replace it with another identical building serving the exact same food you can find in thousands of other cities across America.

So here's something to think about...

The next time you're deciding where to eat, ask yourself one simple question:

Am I choosing this because it's the best food...or simply because it's the easiest?

Every dollar you spend is a vote. You're voting for the kind of restaurants you want your community to have five or ten years from now.

If we keep voting for convenience over quality, we shouldn't be surprised when all that's left are corporate chains and fewer independent restaurants.

At Firewise BBQ, we cook fresh every day. Our meat is never frozen. We spend hours tending our smokers because we believe quality still matters. We know we're not the cheapest option, and we never will be. But we believe fresh, homemade food is worth the extra time, effort, and cost.

Just something to think about.

If you value small businesses, fresh food, and locally owned restaurants, support them while you still can. ❤️🔥

07/08/2026

What kind of potato salad do you like? We have a creamy mustard potato salad using our own signature Carolina Mustard BBQ sauce, and just adding celery, keeping it super simple, just like grandma used to make. Find it on our catering menu and add it to your next event.

07/08/2026

Wednesday from 5 to 9, we were heading over to the Oak Creek Fair in the Square at the Drexel Town Center.

07/07/2026

Tuesday from 5 to 830 join us at Konkel Park Greenfield WI for another Brews and Bites Concert Series featuring live music from The Now.

07/06/2026

Here we go again!! Another action-packed week of stops and events. Come see us at one of these spots and get your smoked meat fix.